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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






2. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






3. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






4. When does BMR increase?






5. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






6. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






7. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






8. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






9. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






10. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






11. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






12. Where can you get more vitamin D?






13. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






14. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






15. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






16. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






17. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






18. What is normal BMI?






19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






20. Fats can lead to some medical problems






21. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






22. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






23. What is the function of vitamin E?






24. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






25. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






26. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






27. How many calories/gram is protein?






28. What does DASH stand for?






29. Sources of fats






30. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






31. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






32. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






33. What is the function of vitamin C?






34. What function is vitamin A?






35. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






36. Name six sources of grains






37. What type of people need extra protein?






38. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






39. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






40. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






41. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






42. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






44. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






45. What are healthy sources of fats?






46. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






47. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






48. What is normal albumin levels?






49. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






50. What function is vitamin D?